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Silver Screenings “Ronald, quit photobombing my portraits.” Image: allposters.com Yay! We’re so excited for the two-day Madeleine Carroll Birthday Bash that starts tomorrow. Madeleine is an actress we’ve long admired, and we feel it’s time to honour her life and achievements. All the details read more

This week I celebrate the birthday of GlamAmor and, incredibly, it's just turned five!  Though the company started late in 2009, the website went live February 8, 2010, and that is the milestone I mark each year.  I'm proud to say that everything I do remains centered on classic cinema and read more

Today is the 90th birthday of one of the most lovable actors that ever lived: Mr. Jack Lemmon. He never fails to bring a smile to my face, thanks to his warmth, his humility, his kindness, and of course, his absolutely crazy talent for comedy. I loved showing my friends in high school Some Like it H read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the  read more

  Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the  read more

Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the venerab read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer was born on January 2, 1884. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer was born on January 2, 1884. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer was born on January 2, 1884. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released read more

“The good old year is with the past;    Oh be the new as kind!” (From: A Song for New Year’s Eve, by William Cullen Bryant, 1859)        By C. S. Williams read more

“The good old year is with the past;    Oh be the new as kind!” (From: A Song for New Year’s Eve, by William Cullen Bryant, 1859)        By C. S. Williams read more

“The good old year is with the past;    Oh be the new as kind!” From: A Song for New Year’s Eve, by William Cullen Bryant, 1859    By C. S. Williams read more

Image Pola Negri (1894-1987) Orry-Kelly (1897-1964) And that's a wrap for Birthdays, at least for a while. Though I've enjoyed doing these posts for the past seven years, it's time to move on to other things. I hope you have enjoyed them! read more

Today is what would have been Frank Sinatra's 99th birthday and it seems like the whole world will be celebrating.  Sony's new classic film channel getTV is playing host with a #99ReasonsWeLoveSinatra party on social media.  The fun started at 3 am ET--the exact time of Frank's birth--and read more